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Comment: I think the sources are probably enough to demonstrate notability, but the article could use some more information about the awards themselves rather than just the list of winners before it can be approved. Turnagra (talk) 00:00, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Comment: Need independent sources to establish why subject is notable.
Also external links should never be in the body. Slywriter (talk) 02:45, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year (EWPY) is a prestigious annual competition organized by the Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen (GDT), or Society of German Nature Photographers. Established in 2001, the award aims to celebrate exceptional wildlife photography, promote awareness of nature conservation, and highlight the artistic and technical skill of nature photographers from across Europe.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The competition is widely recognized as one of the most significant wildlife photography contests in Europe.^[4] It garners participation from both professional and amateur photographers. The primary focus remains on European participants and ecosystems. The competition's high standards, strict judging criteria, and emphasis on ethical photography practices have contributed to its prominence. Additionally, the winning and commended photographs are featured in exhibitions and publications, further amplifying their impact on environmental awareness.^[5]^[6]

The award has gained further notability due to its consistent emphasis on conservation and biodiversity. By showcasing striking and thought-provoking images of wildlife and natural landscapes, the competition contributes to global conversations about environmental issues, such as habitat destruction, climate change, and species extinction.^[7]^[8]^[9]

The first competition was held in 2001 and is open for photographers residing in Europe and also for GDT members.^[10]^[11] In 2024 over 18,000 images from 38 different countries were submitted to the competition.^[12]^[13]

The winners are presented at the International Nature Photography Festival in Lünen every year.^[14]

Ethical Standards

A notable feature of the competition is its adherence to strict ethical guidelines.^[15] Photographers are required to submit evidence verifying that their images were captured without causing harm or distress to the animals or their habitats. The use of staged or manipulated scenes is strictly prohibited, ensuring the authenticity of submissions.

Exhibition and Cultural Impact

The winning and commended photographs are part of an annual exhibition that tours internationally, drawing thousands of visitors and raising awareness of the beauty and fragility of the natural world.^[16] The images are also featured in an annual publication, providing further reach and influence.

The European Wildlife Photographer of the Year serves as an important platform for advocating biodiversity and conservation through visual storytelling, making it a noteworthy and influential event in both the photography and environmental communities.

Overall Winners 2016-2021^[17]


Year	Name	Photograph	Country
2024	Jaime Rojo	In the Forest of the Monarchs	Spain
2023	Javier Aznar González de Rueda	Maternal Care	Spain
2022	Mike Korostelev	Hippo World	Russia
2021	Angel Fitor	Medusa Ballet	Spain
2020	Jasper Doest	A Monkey's Mask	The Netherlands
2019	Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal	The Ghost	Spain
2018	Cristobal Serrano	Rainbow City	Spain
2017	Britta Jaschinski (joint winner)	Confiscated	United Kingdom
2017	Erlend Haarberg (joint winner)	Snow Spat	Norway
2016	Audun Rikardsen	A Breath in the Polar Night	Norway

All Winners 2021^[18]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2021	Overall Winner	Angel Fitor	Medusa Ballet	Spain	Overall Winner
2021	Birds	Terje Koolas	Bird Migration	Norway	Category Winner
2021	Mammals	Danny Green	After the Rain	United Kingdom	Category Winner
2021	Other Animals	Jan Pedersen	Emerald Dragon	Sweden	Category Winner
2021	Plants and Fungi	Tobias Richter	Hoarfrost	Germany	Category Winner
2021	Landscapes	Anette Mossbacher	The Tree of Life	Switzerland	Category Winner
2021	Underwater World	Fabrice Guerin	Water Ballet	France	Category Winner
2021	Man and Nature	Magnus Lundgren	Diving and Species Conservation	Sweden	Category Winner
2021	Nature's Studio	Francis De Andrés	The Boss	Spain	Category Winner
2021	Young Photographers to 14 years	Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco	Spring Singer	Spain	Winner
2021	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Lasse Kurkela	Forest of the Siberian Jay	Finland	Winner
2021	Fritz Pölking Prize	Jasper Doest	9	The Netherlands	Winner
2021	Fritz Pölking Junior Prize	Emile Sechaud	The King	France	Winner

All Winners 2020^[19]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2020	Overall Winner	Jasper Doest	A Monkey's Mask	The Netherlands	Overall Winner
2020	Birds	Ben Cranke	Penguin Defence	United Kingdom	Category Winner
2020	Mammals	Christoph Kaula	So Big and Yet So Small	Germany	Category Winner
2020	Other Animals	Jaime Culebras	A Father and His Offspring	Spain	Category Winner
2020	Plants and Fungi	Marcus Gaiotti	Blooming Desert	Italy	Category Winner
2020	Landscapes	Georg Kantioler	Mammatus Clouds Over the Dolomites	Italy	Category Winner
2020	Underwater World	Mike Korostelev	Whale Milk	Russia	Category Winner
2020	Man and Nature	Marcus Westberg	Empathy	Sweden	Category Winner
2020	Nature's Studio	Thomas Hempelmann	Galaxy	Germany	Category Winner
2020	Young Photographers to 14 years	Andres Dominguez Blanco	Backlight	Spain	Winner
2020	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Lili Sztrehárszki	Tiny Details	Hungary	Winner

All Winners 2019^[20]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2019	Overall Winner	Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal	The Ghost	Spain	Overall Winner
2019	Birds	Dr Siegmar Bergfeld	Great White Egret	Germany	Category Winner
2019	Mammals	Ingo Arndt	A Puma Hunting a Fully Grown Male Guanaco	Germany	Category Winner
2019	Other Animals	Ignacio Medem Seghers	101 Crocodiles	Italy	Category Winner
2019	Plants and Fungi	Dorin Bofan	Sturdy	Romania	Category Winner
2019	Landscapes	Guillaume Bily	Rainbow Mist	France	Category Winner
2019	Underwater World	Manuel Plaickner	Pond World	Italy	Category Winner
2019	Man and Nature	Miguel Ángel Rubio Robles	My Hands	Spain	Category Winner
2019	Nature's Studio	Fran Rubia	Turbidite Man	Spain	Category Winner
2019	Young Photographers to 14 years	Carlos Pérez Naval	In the Canopy	Spain	Winner
2019	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Patrick Moser	Coal Tit	Switzerland	Winner

All Winners 2018^[21]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2018	Overall Winner	Cristobal Serrano	Rainbow City	Spain	Overall Winner
2018	Birds	Jaime Culebras	Mother To Be	Spain	Category Winner
2018	Mammals	Jan van der Greef	The Lonely Hunter	The Netherlands	Category Winner
2018	Other Animals	Christian Wappl	Trailblazer	Austria	Category Winner
2018	Plants and Fungi	Hannu Ahonen	A Lily Pad in the First Ice	Finland	Category Winner
2018	Landscapes	David Frutos Egea	Sandy Shapes	Spain	Category Winner
2018	Underwater World	Claudio Ceresi	Alien Starship	Italy	Category Winner
2018	Man and Nature	Joan de la Malla	Acting Under Pressure	Spain	Category Winner
2018	Nature's Studio	Johan Siggesson	The Egg	Sweden	Category Winner
2018	Young Photographers to 14 years	Lasse Kurkela	Fight of the Magpies	Finland	Winner
2018	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Simon Johnson	Dipper in Flight	Norway	Winner

All Winners 2017^[22]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2017	Overall Winner (joint)	Britta Jaschinski (joint winner)	Confiscated	United Kingdom	Joint Overall Winner
2017	Overall Winner (joint)	Erlend Haarberg (joint winner)	Snow Spat	Norway	Joint Overall Winner
2017	Birds	Klaus Tamm	Evening Mood at a Fenland Lake	Germany	Category Winner
2017	Mammals	Sarah Skinner	In the Footsteps of Giants	United Kingdom	Category Winner
2017	Other Animals	Cristobal Serrano	Follow the Yellow Brick Road	Spain	Category Winner
2017	Plants and Fungi	Theo Bosboom	Eyelashes	The Netherlands	Category Winner
2017	Landscapes	Theo Bosboom	Stairway to Heaven	The Netherlands	Category Winner
2017	Underwater World	Greg Lecoeur	Pilot Whales	France	Category Winner
2017	Man and Nature	Carsten Ott	Is Anyone There?	Germany	Category Winner
2017	Nature's Studio	Konrad Funk	Miss Marble	Germany	Category Winner
2017	Young Photographers to 14 years	Carlos Perez Naval	We Are Not So Different	Spain	Winner
2017	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Simon Johnsen	Dipper	Norway	Winner

All Winners 2016^[23]


Year	Category	Winner	Photograph	Country	Position
2016	Overall Winner	Audun Rikardsen	A Breath in the Polar Night	Norway	Joint Overall Winner
2016	Birds	Klaus Tamm	Story Time	Germany	Category Winner
2016	Mammals	David Lloyd	Big Cat Mud Bath	United Kingdom	Category Winner
2016	Other Animals	Georg Kantioler	European Mantis	Italy	Category Winner
2016	Plants and Fungi	Fortunato Gatto	When Autumn Meets Winter	Italy	Category Winner
2016	Landscapes	Paco Costa Cervera	Minor Storm	Spain	Category Winner
2016	Underwater World	Audun Rikardsen	Arctic Trout in Northern Light	Norway	Category Winner
2016	Man and Nature	Tanja Dekker	Coexistence	The Netherlands	Category Winner
2016	Nature's Studio	Fran Rubia	Optical Illusion	Spain	Category Winner
2016	Young Photographers to 14 years	Carlos Perez Naval	Morning Run	Spain	Winner
2016	Young Photographer 15 to 17 Years	Thomas Hempelmann	I'll Catch You!	Germany	Winner

External Links

The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT)

References

^ "HORNIMAN MUSEUM LAUNCHES WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION". The Resident. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
^ "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 | Exposant". Montier Photo Festival. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
^ "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014". BERLIN SIDEWALK. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
^ "Winner announced: GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2022". Discover Wildlife. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
^ "European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023". CNN. 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
^ "2020 GDT European wildlife photographer of the year – winners". the Guardian. 2020-10-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
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^ Estonia, Canon. "Wildlife's Jasper Doest On Changing His Photographic Style - Canon Eesti". Canon Estonia (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
^ "The Best of Nature: Coming Face to Face with the Animal Kingdom". Der Spiegel. 2010-11-10. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
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[1] "HORNIMAN MUSEUM LAUNCHES WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION". The Resident. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[2] "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 | Exposant". Montier Photo Festival. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[3] "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014". BERLIN SIDEWALK. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[4] "Winner announced: GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2022". Discover Wildlife. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

[5] "European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023". CNN. 2023-11-03. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[6] "2020 GDT European wildlife photographer of the year – winners". the Guardian. 2020-10-23. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[7] "Iberian lynx on the hunt wins prestigious Rewilding Europe photo award 2024". www.discoverwildlife.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[8] "Winner of prestigious Rewilding Europe photo award announced". Rewilding Europe. 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[9] Estonia, Canon. "Wildlife's Jasper Doest On Changing His Photographic Style - Canon Eesti". Canon Estonia (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[10] "The Best of Nature: Coming Face to Face with the Animal Kingdom". Der Spiegel. 2010-11-10. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[11] Hannah Rooke (2022-01-17). "Entries are open for European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022". digitalcameraworld. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[12] "European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021". Discover Wildlife. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[13] Labrum, Billy (2021-11-02). "Stunning European Wildlife Photographer of the Year images show wonder of nature". mirror. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[14] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[15] "GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Competition Rules". www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[16] "Outdoor exhibition Best-of ENJ". www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2024-11-28.

[17] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[18] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[19] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[20] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[21] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

[22] "GDT Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie e.V." www.gdtfoto.de. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

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Ethical Standards

Exhibition and Cultural Impact

Overall Winners 2016-2021[17]

All Winners 2021[18]

All Winners 2020[19]

All Winners 2019[20]

All Winners 2018[21]

All Winners 2017[22]

All Winners 2016[23]